Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-01
LOCAL BREvITIES.


The Cut-Price blossoms out In q new ad
this week.
The County Court Will convene in regula
session on Monday next
"Ye Quaker Tea" at the Academy of Must
Tomorrow Thursday evening.
Mrs. s. c. Lfseomb, Bismarck, places u
under obligations for late copies of Wash
ington, d. c., papers.
An article from the Jefferson City Trb,tn,
on the Public Schools is published in thf
paper. 1t reflects our sentiments to . dot.
The public schools will open next Monda.
with the same teachers in charge as last year
Prof. Vance, principal, Misses Sloan and
Markham, assistants.
ID. T. Reese & Bros advertisement an.
nouncing the arrival of Fall Goods viii ap.
pear next week. All the firm are in the city
this week buying goods.
Rev. G. A. Maston tackles Thomas Callahan
on 1.-THE Bible in the Public Schools" ques.
ton, and we predict the sound OF the grind
ing Will not be low in the near future.
The knights of Labor will give Free
Picnic at Scogginsville tnear Hogan on Sat
urday, September Sd. Everybody is invited
DR.. G. @. Bergman yesterday sold fifteen
acres of land adjoining Arcadia to Mrs. A.G.
Simpson, for $50. 1t adjoins the property
known as Maple GROVE, and the price paid
Is reasonable.
The paper being full of 'tax orders"-
which make great showing with little pay,
sometImes-and news being scarce, the REG
lister il not up to the marx this week, not
withstandlng q supplement Is issued for the
overflow.
What 20 sweet as a latter day in August,
1887. week ago Sirius curied bis tail be-
tween his legs and went bowling into space,
abandoning the earth, and seeking other
worlds to piague-making all of Gods coun-
try q delightful summer resort.
The band boys propose getting in the first
lick on the oyster this season, and invite all
their friends to come to the Academy of
Music on the evening Of the 9Th inst A good
feed OF the sueculent bivalve foT . cents,
with the usual trimmin's thrown in.
The chinch-bug il making his presence felt
in some of the cornields in the Valley, but,
with q reasonable amount Of rain, the crop
will vet be good. The oats crop is said 10
have been better than the average, and that
grain IL selling at twenty-five cents eushel.
Hay having yielded well, stock ought TO be
well-kept the coming winter.
The REGISTER job-ofhce is possessed of
little machine which numbers checks, drafts.
orders, ETC., eonsecutively, as they are print
49, for and
prints the numbers neatly, changing at each
impression without fail. 1t is new thing.
and we believe we possess the only one In
the Southeast, If not in the State.
To Mr.. Henry Leigh We return thanks for
a peek of the finest peaches We have seen for
many day. They were Of an excellent va
riety Large, luscious and beautiful to look up
on-not q one In the lot but what would
measure over three inches in diameter. Mr..
l.. has one OF the best peach orchards in the
county and his fruit seldom finds peer in
this section.
Ed. Perry-for years the REGIsTER's able
and industrious .sTunnel Drifts6n-Yjhgo to
Chicago next week, 70 attend a. uni0 Of
his old regiment, the Scotch Greys. His
wife and two of the children will accompany
him. and we wish them . pleasant time.
From Chicago they will go 70 Kansas City
and elsewhere, visiting relatives. They will
be absent from home about two weeks.
I'M. Grover, ESQ.,, of Beileview, Ili.,was in
Ironton last week. He Is q near heignoor .,
f. scoyilie, Esq, formerly OF this place, anu
reports the family rs prosperous and pro-
gressiye. An s-pound giri-baby couple Of
weeks since made all the Scovilles, big and
little, happier and prouder than they were
before. Frank, here's to you. May you live
long and prosper (Put 1t on the slate,
George.)
The Arcadia College and Ursuline Academy
begins It's scholastic year next Monday.
From what we hear we are lead to believe
tina. the attendance will exceed that OF any
,rayious year. 1t is one OF the best education
Al institutions In the West, and there is no
reason why il should not have an attend-
ance and patronage commensurate "itn HIS
merits and equal TO the number OF puphs Z"
can shelter.
The greater part of Justice Dinger's time
last Monday was taken up by case wherein
q. w. Scoggins was plaintiff anu VIM. D.
Coleman. defendant. The case involved the
oxnersh,p of some $3.50 worth OF piiing and
there was also question as to contract The
testimony was all heard by seven O'Clock In
the evening when q recess of = half hour was
taken. The attorneys then made their argu-
ments and the Jury retired about ten O'Clock.
Tn the course of couple hours or more
xerdic, in favor of the defendant was return
ed. We are informed that an appeal Will
be taken.
The case of ]. n. Morris againstthe ST LIS
IM.&S. R,y, we see is dockefed for tne
October term Of the Supreme Court out
viii not come up for hearing before tna1
.,;hunaI. for the cause has been settied-tne
r,ilroad company paying the full amount OIL
the Judgment obtained in the circuit court |
Nth costs. This was suit for damages IoI
overcharges on lumber shipped by platinum
the fjr st of its kind ever instituted In tne
limited States, and was fought very persist |
.,,,x nv the defendent. A recent supreme |
court decision, knocked the last pin from
,,nder defendants, and they paid the iudg- |
ment in full, amounting TO over 500 Capt. |
Zvsrt. Dining & Byrnes were Mr.. Morris
attorneys. !